A man has been hospitalized following a shooting involving an ICE officer. Jose Garcia-Sorto, who is from Honduras, was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in north Phoenix at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. He initially stopped his car, but pulled away as ICE officers approached his vehicle. “As the vehicle abruptly began speeding away, an officer was in the path of the vehicle,” police officials said in a statement. “Fearing for his life, the officer defensively discharged his service weapon two times, striking Garcia-Sorto’s vehicle.” Garcia-Sorto was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is now in a stable condition. The ICE officer who shot him was also hospitalized. The DHS said Garcia-Sorto was in America illegally. The police statement did not clarify if the ICE officer was struck by the vehicle or if Garcia-Sorto was shot when the officer fired at his car. The Phoenix FBI has now opened an assault on a federal officer case.
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